Thought to be the greatest Force Hound in the Infinite Empire,
Xesh began his secret infiltration mission by sabotaging a Rakatan scouting ship so it crash
landed on Tython, betraying his master Tul’kar and killing everyone on board. Fleeing on an
escape ship, Xesh survived alone and confused, unable to fully remember what just occurred.
The crash made the entire planet aware of their presence, as the Dark Side energy emitted from
Xesh and all those who died, caused Tython to become unbalanced, bringing about terrible force
storms and beast attacks. Though all the jedaii felt this shift, 3 young journeyers Shae Koda,
Sek’nos and Tasha Ryo, were most greatly impacted, as they experienced a shared vision of Xesh in
response to his force scan of the planet. Great affected by this vision, the three
were drawn to where the crash would occur and so were the first to find Xesh, who by instinct
reacted with aggression, using his forcesaber to attack and nearly defeat all three opponents.
Fortunately for the jedaii, they were able to take away his weapon and fight to a stalemate,
leaving a wounded Xesh to flee while the others were distracted. Having never seen a forcesaber,
Shae Koda was the first to learn it could only be activated by channelling the dark side.
Unable to get far while injured, Xesh was overpowered by a local beast until rescued
by the pursuing jedaii. Though Xesh initially fled after recovering his forcesaber, he felt a
powerful connection to Shae Koda and so returned to help them defeat the beast. Seeing this as
proof Xesh had potential to change, the three journeyers spoke on his behalf, inisisting he
must be taught about the light side and balance, but ultimately failed to persuade the Je’daii
council, who sentenced him to exile on Bogan. Yet his arrival on the Dark Side moon was no
surprise to Deagen Lok, who like the 3 journeyers, saw a vision of Xesh, but unlike the others,
understood it meant the invasion he foresaw had finally come. Still adamant in his embrace of the
dark side, Daegen saw Xesh as a younger brother or apprentice in the force, but soon learned the
former Hound possessed superior skills in many ways. Nevertheless the two began a partnership
which allowed them to repair a broken ship, escape the moon and launch a campaign to conquer Tython,
so Daegen Lok could take leadership of the jedaii and prepare for the coming war.
Unable to get far, they were soon captured by the jedaii who once again sent Daegen into exile,
while Xesh was at last given the chance to learn about the light side on Tython. Through
his connection to Shae Koda, Xesh eventually found balance, and joined in the defense of the system
when the Rakatan fleet finally attacked. Realizing they needed to embrace violence and aggression to
win the war, the jedaii order started making their own forcesabers, allowing their warriors
to stray further into the dark side while fighting. As foreseen, they even released
Daegen Lok from captivity so he could serve as a leading general, leaving many to believe him
vindicated and restoring his reputation as a hero. Though the fighting was vicious, with
the Infinite empire able to conquer the world Ska Gora, they were defeated at Tython and Shikaakwa,
making their victory far from certain. Fortunately for Predor Skal’nas, he had a secret weapon
ready to deploy, and so sent his Force Hound Trill to find and activate his sleeper agent.
Starting a relationship with Sek’nos and fighting by their side in the war, Trill infiltrated the
jedaii order and captured Xesh, so Skal’nas could remove the memory blockers. Horrified to learn he
was acting as an agent of the Empire all along, Xesh believed the jedaii would never forgive
his betrayal, feeling so utterly defeated he willingly returned to the service of his master.
Preparing for a final assault on Tython, Skal’nas performed a ritual, by drawing on the energy of
his hounds to send a dark side pulse so powerful it blinded all jedaii seers on Tython and blocked
their connection to the force. Despite this setback, the jedaii fought on however possible,
with Sek’nos embracing the dark side to escape captivity as a slave and defeat his former
lover Trill, only to once again embrace balance by ultimately sparring her life.
On the verge of defeat, the Jedaii Order finally found the key to victory in an ancient holocron
left behind by A'nang of the Kwa, a species which thrived as a galactic power over 100
000 years before the battle of yavin. Using infinity gates for instant interstellar travel,
the Kwa contacted many worlds, offering friendship and technology, eventually reaching Rakata Prime,
homeworld of the Rakatans, who abused their generosity by using this new technology
and the infinity gates to conquer other worlds. Dedicated entirely to the dark side of the force,
the Rakatans were ruthless and ambitious, known to cook and eat the flesh of their enemies.
Although the kwa resisted their aggression, they did not have the strength to stop them entirely
and so focused on destroying the infinity gates, to at least slow down their galactic conquest.
Thanks to the Holocron, the jedaii learned that Skal’nas wanted to conquer Tython because he knew
about a long abandoned infinity gate hidden in the great chasm where Daegen saw his vision.
Making it clear the Empire could not be allowed to possess the gate, the holocron revealed the key
to defeating the invasion lay in the Tho Yor ships scattered throughout their world. Unfortunately to
activate their defense systems, a je’daii had to sacrifice themselves and so the former journeyer
now blinded seer Tasha Ryo volunteered, using the force energy of her body to activate the Tho Yor,
allowing them to rise from the planets surface and unleash a flurry of fire, destroying
the rakatan fleet and ending the invasion. Meanwhile Skal’nas and Xesh made their way to
the infinity gate and were on the verge on seizing it when they were found Shae Koda and Daegen Lok.
Though Xesh thought he was beyond redemption, the love of Shae Koda brought him back towards balance
in the force and so he betrayed and killed his master Skal’nas. With the war won, Xesh
joined the Jedaii order, and with the help of Shae Koda, continued to study the concept of balance.
But much of the rest of the order was no longer convinced this was the best or most effective way
to understand the force. A schism then formed, with some following Daegen Lok, in the belief
that the Dark Side was the only way to defend themselves from future enemies, while others
reacted in the opposite way, sickened by the dark side nature of violence, and therefore dedicated
themselves to the peace within the light side. Tensions eventually erupted into battle,
resulting in the decade long Force Wars, where light side forces ultimately emerged victorious,
leaving the remaining dark side followers defeated and scattered. Altering their concept of what it
meant to achieve balance, the remaining force users, reorganized themselves into the light side
Jedi Order before departing from Tython to seek a new homeworld, eventually settling on Ossus.